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Three Men in a Boat

Based on a holiday boat trip made by the author and his two real-life friends George and Harris. This humorous travelogue includes local history of towns along the Thames, as well as a few serious and sentimental passages, but remains at its core a comic novel

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Jerome.....a funny man....thinking anything to be a joke....lives the life the way it takes it to...no practical thinking..just tries to do everything the way he is asked...has a dog..he loves food and hates workJerome K. Jerome is like the Victorian Bill Bryson. Three Men in a Boat is not a bad travelogueis thus confused by his symptoms that he refers to a medical book and happens to misconceive that he possesses virtually each doable ailment recorded in there.

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Writing a truly good piece of humor is a difficult business. One can end up with something that reads like a cheap joke book, or something that tries so hard to be funny, it really isn’t. Of course, the goal is to land somewhere in-between these two dreadful extremes; to write a book that is intelligent, witty, and laugh-out-loud hilarious, all in one.

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Montmorency the dog is the only fictional character in Three Men in a Boat.it’s not about the dog. It’s about the name. I first heard Montmorency when, working as a kitchen porter at a posh hotel in Henley on-Thames – through which Jerome et al had rowed – it was bawled at me by the head chef, and preceded by the word “Coupe”,

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The theme
The complete novel is based upon a boat-trip taken by three friends down the river Thames from Kingston to Oxford. I believe that it was supposed to be a travelogue but it turned out to be a hilarious account of a journey. The story turns out to be humorous due to the brief anecdotes given by the author of previous incidences, the three friends’ behaviors and the occasional humorous uplift given by the author’s dog.
The plot
The story begins by introducing George, Harris, Jerome and Montmorency, a fox-terrier. The men are spending an evening in Jerome's room, smoking and discussing illnesses they fancy they suffer from. They conclude they are all suffering from 'overwork' and need a holiday. A stay in the country and a sea trip are both considered, then rejected (J. describes the bad experiences had by his brother-in-law and a friend on sea trips). Eventually, the three decide on a boating holiday, up the River Thames, from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford,...

...Threemen in a boat
by Jerome k. Jerome
It is the novel about three friends Jeorge , Harry, Jerome and the dog Montmorency.
They decides to have a vacation to an island as they are exhausted due to overworkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.
ThreeMen in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog),[Note 1] published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.
The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide,[1] with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel. One of the most praised things about ThreeMen in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers – the jokes seem fresh and witty even today.[2]
The threemen are based on Jerome himself (the narrator J.) and two real-life friends, George Wingrave (who would become a senior manager in Barclays Bank) and Carl Hentschel (the founder of a London printing business, called Harris in the book), with whom he often took boating trips. The dog, Montmorency, is entirely fictional[1] but, "as Jerome admits, developed out of that area of inner consciousness which, in all Englishmen, contains an element of the dog."[2] The trip is...

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Threemen in
a boat
Title: THREEMEN IN A BOAT
Author: Jerome K. Jerome
Publication Date: ARYA PUBLISHING COMPANY
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 978-81-8296-432-7
Pages: 312
Price: 148
Jerome K. Jerome is a British writer of the Victorian period, best known for his comic novels. His most famous and enduring work is ThreeMen in a Boat. Jerome K. Jerome [1859-1927] was born in Walsall in 1859 in the family of Iron Monger. He was the fourth child of his family. He has written many popular poetry, plays, novels etc. During the First World War he served as an ambulance driver in France. His autobiography, My Life and Times, was published in 1936. He died due to an accident in 1927.
ThreeMen in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel.
There are four characters in the story – Jerome [The narrator], Harris, George and...

...with the incidents that include anecdotes told by three of them. The landmarks, historical significance of which are described, are Hampton Court Palace, Monkey Islands, Magna Charta Island and Marlow. The anecdotes include stories about weather forecasts, difficulties related to playing bagpipes, towing a boat, steam launches, punting, sailing and fishing etc. The outcomes of river pastimes, which are a result of inexperience, are described in a humorous manner.
On reaching Oxford, they experience bad weather and rain. The three consider it wise to leave the boat and board a train from Pangbourne. Thus, the threemen are well out of the boat. ============================================================== ThreeMen in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome was first published in 1889. It is the fictional story of three London friends and a dog taking a leisurely boat trip up the River Thames, from Kingston-upon-Thames to Oxford. It is narrated by ‘J.’, whose companions are George (awarded no surname), William Samuel Harris and the dog, Montmorency.
During a sociable evening in J.’s room, the threemen convince themselves that they each have various illnesses. Their collective diagnosis is overwork, and they prescribe themselves a fortnight’s holiday. A stay in the...

...Comprehension Test
ThreeMen in a Boat
Jerome K. Jerome
1 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences.
A
1 The people in the maze were angry with Harris ...
2 George said it was most exciting to let girls tow your boat ...
3 The threemen decided to go home early ...
4 Five different men said that they caught the fish ...
5 One morning George got up very early ...
B
a ... because his watch stopped the night before.
b ... but then they discovered that it wasn’t real.
c ... because he had no idea how to find the exit.
d ... because it rained for two days.
e ... because there were always problems.
20 marks
2 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a George worked in a bank in the city.
b They decided to sleep in hotels every night.
c They packed the clothes and food very quickly.
d On Saturday morning they left very late.
e Montmorency lost himself in the maze at Hampton Court Palace.
f They had problems putting the cover on the boat.
g It was very easy to open the tin of fruit.
h Montmorency wasn’t afraid of the cat.
i Harris was attacked by thirty-two swans.
j When they arrived in London they went immediately to a restaurant.
20 marks
3 Is Montmorency usually afraid of cats?...

...ThreeMen in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog),[Note 1] published in 1889, is a humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford.
The book was initially intended to be a serious travel guide,[1] with accounts of local history along the route, but the humorous elements took over to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages seem a distraction to the comic novel. One of the most praised things about ThreeMen in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers — the jokes seem fresh and witty even today.[2]
The threemen are based on Jerome himself (the narrator J.) and two real-life friends, George Wingrave (who would become a senior manager in Barclays Bank) and Carl Hentschel (the founder of a London printing business, called Harris in the book), with whom he often took boating trips. The dog, Montmorency, is entirely fictional[1] but, "as Jerome admits, developed out of that area of inner consciousness which, in all Englishmen, contains an element of the dog."[2] The trip is a typical boating holiday of the time in a Thames camping skiff.[Note 2] This was just after commercial boat traffic on the Upper Thames had died out, replaced by the 1880s craze for boating as a leisure activity.
Because of the overwhelming success of Three...

...British humor is often hard to grasp for Indians, with their references and rambling. But Jerome K. Jeromehits the nail on the head with ‘ThreeMen In A Boat‘ and brings out British absurdities and traditions in a comic way. This book though meant to be a travelogue of sorts ended up, inexplicable as one of the most loved funny stories of all time. And even after 100+ years since publishing, the jokes remain fresh and witty!
It outlines the story of threemen – Jerome and his two friends, Harris and George and their dog, a fox terrier called Montmorency on their holiday on the River Thames in Oxford, England as the threemen suffer from some weird ailment. So they set themselves off on a trip to cure themselves – a boating trip. Apparently, that was quite common in those times, which is around 1889 when the book was published. The travelogue portion is quite apparent as along the trip, Jerome mentions all the villages and landmarks they pass, such as Hampton Court Palace, Hampton Church, Monkey Island, Magna Carta Island, Marlow etc and the few titbits about the culture in those places.
But this, though intended to be the main part of the book was overshadowed by the comic instances that cropped up and the book gave up and now is just a humorous tale. Jerome often digresses and starts off random anecdotes and ponders upon life. From friends to friends-of-friends to historic...

...The analysis
1. The title of the story. The function of the title is to inform the reader briefly of what the text or story that follows is about. Sometimes titles show individuality оf the writer. They are characterizing by shortness and catching character. A skillful worked out title tells the whole story on enough of the story to satisfy the reader's curiosity.
2.The plot of the story. Most novels and stories have plots. Every plot is arrangement of meaningful events. The plot has such kind of structure of components: a) exposition or introduction (contains a short presentation of time and place and characters; it is usually to be found at the beginning of the story):b) complication (is separate incident helping to unfold action and might involve thoughts and
feelings as well); c) climax (is the moment on which the fate of the charachters and the final action
depends; it is the point at which the forces in the conflict reach the highest intensity); d) denouement
(not all stories have a denouement; some stories write after the climax leave it up to the reader to judge what will be the outcome of the conflict)
3. The main elements of the story. Any work consists of relatively independent elements such as
narration, description, dialogue and interior monolog. Narration is dynamic; it gives a continuous account of events. Description is static; it is a verbal portrayal of an object person or scene. It may be detailed and directs or impressionistic, giving...